Storm Australian Severe Weather Forum
Severe Weather Discussion => Tornado Alley Outbreaks and Severe Weather Worldwide => Topic started by: nmoir on 20 June 2011, 02:40:14 PM
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Early morning tornadoes in New Plymouth NZ
no pics of them , just damage
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/photogallery-new-plymouth-tornadoes-4245277 (http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/photogallery-new-plymouth-tornadoes-4245277)
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/new-plymouth-rocked-tornado-terror-4244713/video (http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/new-plymouth-rocked-tornado-terror-4244713/video)
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The Taranaki region seems to get a lot of tornadoes, small short track events. F0-f2 rarely F3.
The Met Service have done a blogg post of the hook echo here.
http://blog.metservice.com/ (http://blog.metservice.com/)
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That is a very nice hook and seems to last for some time! I note that is reflectivity but is there also doppler there?
Question in regards to that region: is there a persistent east - west boundary that naturally sets up in specific conditions?
Regards,
Jimmy Deguara
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The New Plymouth radar is a doppler but the Met Service are stingy about public access. They have a user pays policy.
Taranaki has a 2,500m volcanic peak and the terrain plays a part in the incidence of tornadoes, enhancing low level shear due to deflection. If surface winds veer into the NE in unstable weather then the chance of tornadoes goes up.